The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-07. Because of thick jungle and lack of suitable landing pad, troops from B Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), had to carry five days' rations and make use of local resources, on Operation Cooparoo. Here diggers scoop up water into water bottles from a jungle stream fed by monsoon rains east of the 1st Australian Task Force Base.
Vietnam. 1967-07. Because of the thick undergrowth and tall trees, helicopters were unable to land near B Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), during Operation Cooparoo. T
Vietnam. 1967-07. Because of the thick undergrowth and tall trees, helicopters were unable to land near B Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), during Operation Cooparoo. T
Vietnam. 1967-07. Sappers Peter Weedon of Gin Gin, Qld (left), and John Kiley of Corrimal, NSW, prepare explosives to demolish Viet Cong positions in a bunker deep in thick jungle east of the 1st Aust
Vietnam. 1967-07. Troops from B Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), unload rations and supplies from a RAAF Iroquois helicopter in a jungle clearing during Operation Coop
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-07. Major Des Mealy of Rockhampton, Qld (left) and B Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), checks platoon positions with Lieutenant Peter McGuinness
Vietnam. 1967-07. B Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), signalman, Private Roy (Blue) Bravo of Pascoe Vale, Vic, changes batteries and checks his radio set on Operation Coopa
